The McCullough's

2010-07-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

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Kate was Born a Long Time ago!

2010-03-29T14:53:00.000-07:00

Sooooo, I have totally fallen off the planet on the blogging world. But some friends were making me feel bad that I had not even blogged Kate's Birth. Sooooo, here is a really quick blog with lots of pics.
I went into Labor after thinking I could bowl a week before my due date and the next morning had Gorgeous Baby Girl #2!
She was in the hospital at 11 days old and came home with a picc line for meds for about a week after we got home, but She is doing great. She is NOT a good sleeper, but is the most happy, smiley, laughing baby ever. We are soooo happy to have her.
Izz has done great being a big sister. She is still so adorable, making us laugh everyday and don't worry driving me crazy most days too with being a two year old....Yes Carston still thinks she is the smartest little girl alive! So enjoy the pics. I wish I had the time to sit here and do a good job of this, but I swear this has already taken too long!!! XOXOXO's to friends and family!

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2009-11-25T15:09:00.001-08:00

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Wee Witches at Gardner Village

2009-10-01T19:45:00.000-07:00

We had a ton of fun at the Wee Witches Festival. Everytime I ask Isabelle what she is going to be for Halloween she says, "I am going to be scary." So I was suprized today when she kept saying she was a, "cute witch," not a "scary witch.

We had fun with the Camblins, Knowles and Ross's, even thought Faith didn't want to to be in the pic, and you can see how well the rest of the kids did as well, but I am use to Izz not being so good at poseing for pics!

Isabelle loved dancing on this stage to the Halloween music, not that this pic really shows it!!!! But she has pretty good moves up her sleeve!

Late Post of Lake Powell

2009-09-23T15:17:00.001-07:00

Lake Powell was really fun this year. It was pretty short and sweet, but the kids loved the beach and slept well at night, and are all still alive so what more can you ask for!! I am not sure what pics I am uploading, but Izz is about done with my on the computer!

Izz is doing great and does really well at going potty in the toilet!!! And the only thing that is hard, is when your on the freeway in traffic and she asks to go, really when do they get to the point they can hold if for awhile?

I can't believe we are going to have a baby so soon, but I am excited. I love feeling Kate move in my belly and I am fine with her being in there still, but I am also excited to see her and hold her...etc.!

Carston still has a slight hope, thanx to a crazy home depot worker, whom looked at my belly and said she saw a boy, that Kate might come out a boy!!!!

Isabelle is Two!!!!!

2009-07-29T09:45:00.000-07:00

Isabelle is Two years old and even though I have been calling her two for the last few months, I can't believe she is actually two, for reals now!
Carston got stuck in Alaska and missed her party, which we were really really sad to have without him, but we had a fun time and then had another celebration when Daddy got home!
Izz makes us laugh everyday. It's so fun to listen to her talk. She loves to dance and sing songs, read books and pretty much she likes to do everything. She got a tea set for her birthday and she is always bringing us yummy make believe food on the little plates!!! I could go on forever! What can I say she is darling and I am so glad she is mine!
She went to the Dr. yesturday and she was 28 lbs. (73%) and 36.5 inches tall (120%)!!!

New Photos!

2009-07-16T07:09:00.000-07:00

So I decided the only thing I miss about working is having so much free time on the computer and gettng paid for it. I swear one of these days I'm going to read everyone's blog's!
Anyhow here are a few pics of the Fouth of July! My pregnancy so far, since I finally took a picture of my belly, since some of you have asked to see one! I am already a slacker on pics for baby #2. Sorry Kate! And excuse the spandex, we were going on a hike that day, so give me a little break!!!! And some pics of my newest nephew Kelton and Izz playing with her cousin Brigder and his cousin Achilles(spelling)!
Just to brag my oldest brother Erick, was just promoted to be a Major, yesturday! Congrats again Big Bro!!!!Very Cool!

Lagoon!

2009-07-06T19:41:00.000-07:00

We had a really fun 4th of July, that I hopefully get pics of soon, down in St. George! Izz had so much fun with your cousins playing at the pool and at the beach and in the water at Sand Hollow!!!! She loved the Fire Works, and she was showing us some really good dance moves all night to the music!!!! Also a couple of weeks ago we went to Lagoon and Izz loved every minute of it. She wasn't scard of any of the rides and kept saying,"I brave". And was crying when she couldn't go on the big roller coasters like daddy! She is growing up so fast and I love it, but it also makes me excited for baby Kate. WE have lots of friends and family having babies and we are so excited to have a newborn in our family again soon!

It's only been a few months!!!!!

2009-05-26T12:36:00.000-07:00

So a lot has happened since our last post. And it's not that I hate to blog, it's just that I really don't make time for it.....plus I need my own computer! But evenstill I am going to make this as short and as sweet as possible!

Yes, I am sure that most people know that I am pregnant, due October 15th, and that it is another little girl!!!! We even know the name, which feels really wierd! The only other name we ever liked was Kate, Isabelle although we couldn't decide that Isabelle was her name, we for some reason knew that Kate was not it. But this one feels like Kate, so Kate Elizabeth it is!!!! or BABY KATE, as Isabelle called her yesturday! But on to keeping it short...that was already way too long! This is going to be hard.

We took a trip to visit my parents, whom recently moved to Missouri. Where we had a Tornado touch down four miles away, and where my sister and I watched a window blow out and break and had papers flying everywhere in my mom's office! We had a fun trip to Branson and saw the Hugh's Brothers show. Thanks mom for putting us on the front row, where I got plenty of eye contact and Isabelle got a nice kiss on the hand from one of the the performers!!!! We went to Peter's mission homcoming where a really "nice girl" took up the whole time and Pete was able to speak for about two minutes!!!! We did a lot more and had so much fun. Other then the ticks, it is a gorgeous place with soooo many tree's and rolling, twisting, turning hills and roads!!! It really makes me wish my parent's weren't so far away!!!! Plus will miss ths little Pharmacy/50's Soda Shop, where one scoop of ice cream is 5 cents, two scoops 10 cents!!! It was the best!

And last but not least, Isabelle is taking a nap in her big girl bed, right now for the first time!!!!!!

Someone got her First Bike!

2009-03-16T18:39:00.000-07:00

Isabelle has loved bikes since Christmas time, ever since we would go into Sports Authority and took her on a bike ride around the store, she would always talk about a bike. Well Daddy suprized us with a package on our door step the other day. Izz couldn't have been happier!!!! So cute!!!!

Pay it Forward!

2009-02-13T21:10:00.001-08:00

So my friend Jessica Knowles just watched the movie, Pay it Forward! She decided to do something similar in her blog. And whomever signs her blog first will get somekind of a fun suprize from her soon. So I am going to do the same and hopfully this will turn into something fun. Sorry for those of you whom live far away, but the first three people to sign this blog will get a movie date, my treat, sometime in the next year!!!! But then you have to do something similar yourself, thus the whole pay it forward thing. So sign up I am excited to see you dares to do it!
P.S. If you havn't scene the movie, rent it, with Kevin Spacey and the kid from the Sixth Sense!

Happy Birthday...oh dear...28...better then 29!!!

2009-01-20T22:06:00.000-08:00

Sorry to most everyone that is older than me! I still feel very safe at 28, other then thinking that next year will be 29, ahhhh, but then, oh well, I'll take 28 for what it is and run with it, becuase after all, many of you are rolling your eyes at me anyhow! I had a fun birthday, basically eating out, Breakfast at IHOP with my two favorite people! Then Lunch at Olive Garden with a darling friend! Then Dinner at Tucci's(spelling) With Carston's family!!! Thank you to everyone that wished me a birthday and made me feel so special. I feel blessed to have you all sharing parts of our lives together! My latest goal is to stop getting distracted by the things that really don't matter!

We also had a kidless weekend in St. George and had great time. It is so much fun to get out of town and feel the freedom of feeling completly carefree to responsiblities. It was serioulsy a blast. It was also the best to come home to see my sweet little monkey after missing her so much!

My bed is startng to call to me and if I stay up too much longer, I might start rambling on and on.... I really wish I could post more often so I could put in all the funny little stories of life without a long post, but right now I just have to take whatever computer time I get!!!!

The Holidays!

2008-12-29T10:16:00.001-08:00

Finally Carston is gone for the day and I get some real time on the computer. I definatly feel I need my own laptop someday! And since I havn't updated for so long, I'm just going to do pictures and keep this short. We had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas, soooo much fun with Isabelle this year, and I am sure we will have a great New Year!!!! Isabelle is growing up so fast. She is quite the character. My favorite recent story is when we took her to the aquarium and Carston and I were touching some sting rays and when I looked over at Izz she had her jacket in the water, swishing it back and forth. It was drenched!!!! She makes us laugh everyday, what a turkey! Definalty a Busy Izzy Bee!

The latest.

2008-11-12T20:12:00.000-08:00

We have been busy to say the least lately. Last weekend I ran a 5K, that seemed to be harder then the other longer races I have ran, with some friends. And our main water line into our house was totally leaking, soaking our carpet in the basement. After we had quotes to get it fixed for $350 to $490, Carston decided to fix a leaking valve himself. I am so glad I married a handyman. It only took him an hour(other then digging the hole, 4 feet by 5 feet deep!!!) and saved us tons of tons of money.

But the big news in our family is the passing of my Grandpa Simmons. He passed away on the morning of Election Day and although he has been in poor health for a few years now, it was kind of a sudden thing. We visisted him in the hospital on Sunday and he looked actually really healthy, we had a great visit, which is now a cherished memeory. Carston told him of his dive trip and the fish he caught and that got my grandpa remembering all the good times he had fishing on the ocean. I really don't want to go into details but I was very suprized to see how my grandpa looked in only one days time. And I couldn't get over the fact that his time on earth, his test, was over. We had his funeral yesturday, Novemeber 11th, Veterans Day, and it was very emotional to watch as my brother, in the military and cousins whom have served in the military, did the military honors with the flag over the gravesite. It was a pretty day and a wonderful service and I have some very specail moments that I will never forget. Thank' you grandpa for being such a character. For always making me feel so loved, for loving Carston and telling me you thought my daughter was the smartest, most beautiful little girl and always marveling over her. Thank'you for having your prized garden, for your love of food, for your love of the temple, for your testimony and stories of knowing, President Kimball our prophet. Thank' you for having me sit on your lap, well beyond the point of me being your little granddaughter. Thank'you for Pinza, freezer burnt ice cream, and letting me in on your hiden stashes of treats. Ice Cream buckets and planter baskets on your head, stories of all the girls you dated, and making sure we knew you picked the best girl! You were and are loved so much. I will miss your laughter, but I will not forget your love and your legacy! Till we meet again....I love you!

Our Little Bumble Bee!

2008-11-03T19:14:00.000-08:00

Trick-or-Treating with Isabelle was so much fun this year. She was so cute waddling down the street in her little costume. At the second house she picked out a sucker, and of course,how can you say no on Halloween, right! The rest of the night she was a sticky, but very happy Bumble Bee.

The cake was for our Twlight Book Club. Six layers of Cherry Chocolate with Cream Cheese Frosting. Yummy!

It's Autumn Time! It's Autumn Time!

2008-10-20T21:48:00.000-07:00

So we just sang It's Autumn Time in Primary last week and that song is totally stuck in my head. But it's true and I thought I would post some fun Picture of a hike we did on Saturday. It was the Crecet Lake Trail up by Alta Ski Resort, but Carston says it is called Secret Lake. Anyhow it was really a fun time. And since, true to how we are, we didn't have my camera for our post anniversary date picture or the fun hay ride we went on on this weekend, we tried to make up for it by taking a huge photo shoot on the hike! I hope everyone is having a great Autumn Time with all the pretty leaves falling down!

Isabelle's newest words, Hot and Ball!
And the cutest thing. I love when we say prayers and she folds her arms for all of two seconds, but then as soon as she hears the word, amen, she totally, very quickly, folds her arms again!!!!

Carston had a great Man's Trip, diving in Catalina. And I have to admit if my husband is going to be a hunter, I am a lot happier to have him bring home lobster, halibet, and Bonita rather then an elk or a deer. Too bad he couldn't bring home the octopus as well! Thanks my mighter hunter for the yummy food!

So much to do and so little time!

2008-10-07T09:49:00.000-07:00

This past month has been so fun. Karl had a fabulous wedding. My parents moved to Missouri. Exciting but very sad!!! Can't wait to visit. I can totally feel this wide open space between us with them being so far away. And I had a great time on a girls trip to New York with Melissa Sauter. I love the city and am so glad we went. I loved, loved, LOVED, Mary Poppins. Loved the shopping, A Tale of Two cities, and walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. And I loved going to Harrison to visit my Nanny family all in the Rain. Thanks Melissa for a great trip together! Carston is leaving today for his boys dive trip to Catalina today with Ben Sauter. We also went to St. George and saw Cam, Mandy and the kids, which I hopfully with get pics soon and Izz had her first hair cut!!!!! Oh yea and for the first time will be spending our first anniversary apart. This Thursday the 9th, it will be four years! And I am so happy to say I love my little family, now and forever! Cheesy, but true!

I love the word 'No, No, No"!!!

2008-09-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

So Izz loves to walk around the house to all the things she is not suppose to get into, (ie, trash can, toilet, garbage cans, heater vent covers) and say the now famous, "no, no, no" while pointing her finger. But then she still proceeds to get into everything she is not suppose to. Too bad it's so dang cute. So the other day while I heard her walking down the hallway to her room I heard her say "mmmmmm"!! So I finished what I as doing and went to check on her, and this is how I found her.......

Needless to say, I hope she grows out of eating out of the trashcan sooner then later! And Yes I do feed her and Yes she does eat just about anything, even rinds!

Little Miss Hawaiian!

2008-08-20T21:34:00.000-07:00

So this last weekend my granparents, Selma and Elmer Wiedmeier, had their 50th Wedding Anniversary. My grandpa was so cute and told me he hopes we all make it to 50 as well. I laughed and thought about how I only have a little more then 46 years to go!!! Anyhow it was a Louau and after a while everyone began shedding off their lays. I watched in amazement as Isabelle picked up at least 10 lays and put them all around her neck, one at a time, all by herself. Then spent the rest of the night jabbering and runnig around like they weren't even there!

We had a fun time at the McCullough family reunion in Bear Lake!

We hiked to Bloomington Lake and Izz loved the hike as long as I gave her wild flowers to hold!

Izz's first Carousel ride at Lagoon!

Isabelle's Many Faces!

Miss Izz is One Year Old!

2008-07-28T12:15:00.000-07:00

It's crazy to look back on just one year ago and to see Isabelle so small. We totally thought we loved her so much and we did, but now as I look at her sweet little face I can honestly say that I swear I love her more everyday. She has had a great first year. It has been simply a wonderment to watch her grow. From her first smile, to her first laughs, to her learning to roll, crawl and walk and dance! I have never heard a child from nine months on say the word Hi sooo many times. From day one it's been the best to get Izz out of bed, she is always so happy and ready and waiting with a giant smile. Although lately I have noticed since she only gets her binks at nap times and bedtimes, she like to sit in her crib a bit longer in the mornings, becuase she knows I will take it away as soon as she gets up. I could go on and on about how much I love this gorgeous girl. She has been signing the word more for a while now and now does please and did milk really well just this morning. I swear she answers questions and says more words then we really catch on to. She gabbers all the time and waves Hi, bye and blows kisses, and if your lucky gives you real kisses! She loves to be chased and loves to hand Chewy his toys! She is constatly doing things that are so darling and cute we hope we never forget them. We had a great family party complete with food, presents, cake and ice cream, rain and rainbows and missed the few that couldn't come! But truely we find ourselves sincerely blessed to have Isabelle Marie apart of our lives. She truely and honestly makes each day happier and brighter. We can not imagine our lives without her!

Fun in the Lake Powell Sun!

2008-07-28T11:46:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at Lake Powell this year! Marion brought fun dress up things for the girls, and a pinata that was so much fun! It is definatly fun to see the kids play and have so much. And it makes me realize how much fun they will have together, especailly as they get older. The kids all slept great, we played fun games, swam and boated with great weather and free fireworks everynight!!! So thank'you McCullough Family we love you!(The pictures are kind of pixalated sorry)

No Pictures....sad!

2008-07-11T22:02:00.000-07:00

So we really are having a great summer. But unfortunatly we never seem to have our camera with us. Poor Izz looked so darling on the 4th and we didn't have a picture to prove it. For sure I'll start snapping soon!!!!

Wasatch Back and Pony Rides!

2008-06-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

So the other day we took Isabelle to the Thanksgiving Point farm and it was so much fun. The animals all came up to us and Isabelle thought it was the best. She laughed so loud when she petted a horses nose, it was cute. The best part though was the pony ride! One word, Darling!

As for the Wasatch Back, I had a great time. I ran the race with my sister Anna, Carly a family friend, Anna's friend Tara and two other younger girls that I hadn't met before, Megan and Shana. Becuase of my negligence in training I got really nervous when the first three runners seemed to be putting us ahead of our scheduled times. But I'll have to pat myself on the back becuase I somehow maintained our times! I was runner 4 and my first run was through Paradise and Avon and it was by far the worst. If the heat was not bad enough I was fighting a stomach ache the whole time. But after crossing the exchange point and after getting over the feeling of throwing up I was glad I was done. Anna had a crazy run up the Avon Pass and she ran it like it was nothing. She is my running Hero for sure! The first run broke my spirit a little, becuase a five mile run was not suppose to be as hard as it was, but my second run gave my some hope, I ran the three miles around the Morgan area in 25 minutes and it felt pretty good. By the time I was almost ready to run my last leg on 15 minutes of sleep or less I had made myself sick with worry again. It was rated hard and I was not hot this time, but cold. But the sun was almost up and it was about 5:30am. I ran up and down and up and down and up along Jordanelle and somehow it felt great. It was by far my favorite leg, although rated my hardest. Besides my pumping problems(not enough batteries) and one flat tire, I am so glad that my sister asked me to run. It was hard to leave Isabelle for the first time, but I often pictured her while running, playing with her daddy and it definatly gave me some edge!!!! Overall, I think I will give myself a pat on the back! As it will be fun to drive along those roads someday and remember that I ran it with my own two legs.

Tagged!!!! And Hogle Zoo Pic!

2008-06-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

5 Things on my list to do today:
1. Blog this Tag, since it's been a few weeks now!!!
2. Wash my feet, because I don't like gross feet from wearing sandles!
3. Kiss Carston Good Night!
4. Say prayers, Read Scriptures and go to sleep! It's getting late!
5. Have good dreams and sleep to drive to Logan tomorrow!

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Ice Cream
2. Baby Dill Pickles
3. String Cheese and Wheat Thins
4. Chocolate covered almonds, peanuts.....
5. Chips and Fresh Salsa

5 Things I would do if I was a sudden Billionare:
1. Buy Land
2. Buy into the Oil Market
3. Move to Kauai, better get a side of a plane with that!
4. Spend money on all my family members
5. Serious stuff, like help families in need around the globe.( I just read Kite Runner and a Thousand Splendid Suns, and those stories break my heart)

5 Bad Habits:
1. Finishing my Husbands stories to speed him up
2. Biting my Nails
3. Obsessing about a clean house
4. Jumping into water with my watch on
5. Not spending time on my Hair anymore

5 Places I have lived:
1. Kalispell, MT
2. Providence, UT
3. Cuenca, Ecuador
4. Harrison, NY
5. Salt Lake City, UT

5 Jobs I have had:
1. Bagger/Checker at Lee's Grocrey
2. Checker at Fred Meyer
3. Home Health for Bob Clark
4. Nanny
5. CNA

5 Things people don't know about me:
1. I have to make my bed because I'm afraid of dust getting on it!!! Ridiculous!
2. I like to have the volume on the TV on even numbers, and 15, since that is the day I was born!
3. I like to shovel snow and mow the lawn.
4. I really don't like dirty dishes and don't mind washing them where ever I am!
5. Ironing is my worst job, I remember crying, seriously, when my mom would ask me to do it! Sad!!!!

We also went to Hogle Zoo this past week with Marion, Mandy, Tag and Maddie while they were up!!! So fun. Izz loves animals for sure!!!!

Little Miss Walking, Yea!!!!

2008-05-31T15:46:00.000-07:00

Kauai We Love and Miss You! And Miss 10 Months!

2008-05-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome trip to visit the Darrohn Family in Kauai. They were the best we really really didn't want to leave...ever! We had so much fun and will never forget our first family vacation!
I had a lot of fun with Harmony, even though she had to work and we missed her a lot. We went on a hike along the Napali coast to a waterfall. The jungle and huge rocks and bright pink flower petals dusting the trail made us feel like we were kids in a story book! It was gorgeous and I will never forget swimming under the falls and looking out from behind the water. We also went paddle boarding the last day we were there, across Hanalei Bay. And I have to say it was so peaceful and so nice just seeing the green, lush mountains and hanging out on the water talking. This alone is making me want to become a resident.
We went to Kipou Falls with Stever and it was fun jumping in and also jumping off a huge rope swing. We hung out on the beach and snorkeled a lot this trip and it was the best. We saw turtles and eel's and Carston had fun using his new spear gun. I saw the Hawaiian State Fish everywhere and it was cool to actually know what I was looking for and at!
Scuba Diving was fun. We went to a place called Tunnels where,"Bethany", a few years back had her arm taken off by a Tiger Shark, if you remember. So I was a little jinxxing myself that we were going to see one. Especally since we saw her, Bethany, a few times (She has been on some bill boards around here). But we made it out safe. Phew!!! The coolest part of the dive was seeing a really cool red fish with huge eyes, a huge molusk, and watching a turtle get cleaned by a bunch of fish at a cleaning station! Where I guess they go to get cleaned whenever they need it!
Carst and Steve golfed at the Prince Golf Course. And I wish I could put in every last detail of the trip, but we had so much fun and now dream of moving there. Even if to just beat Steve and Harms at their favorite game of Pig...let's see...I think it was 6 to 1!!!! We missed seeing Peirce Brosnan (spelling) by one day!!!! Dang!

As for little miss she did amazingly well on the plane and she was so cute waving and saying,"Hi", to EVERYONE!!!! She has really been taking off these last few days and is now walking around the house. She walks from the office to the kitchen, for example, without help. She is still a little unsteady, but I don't think that will last long. She loves to pull off her socks, dance, and clap. And was trying to sign milk and I swear was signing more as well!!! Babies are definatly smarter then we think! She also got a runny nose the day before we left and we soon realized it was from her cutting all four top teeth all at the same time. She also loves to climb the stairs. I am also starting to realize she is growing up so fast. We love her and I can't imgine having to start over with another baby someday!!!!

Time Flys...Miss Nine Months Old!

2008-04-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

We went to the Dr. last week and Isabelle wieghs 20 lbs (75%) and 29 3/4 inches long (97%)! So her weight has come down on the charts, but her height is staying up there. My brother Karl graduated from Fire Fighting School last week and we are going to Logan becuaes my Mom is graduating with her RN tomorrow night!! So lots of exciting stuff going on! Cutest moment today: I went to get Isabelle up from her nap and she was saying dada, dadada. So I said, "Can you say mommy?" And not kidding two seconds later Isabelle says, "Mama!" It was clear as day and that is all she said. Some may say coincedence. I say, she knows!

Isabelle's TRICKS!

2008-04-19T16:15:00.001-07:00

Izz loves the Ducks at the Duck Pond. And the Ducks love Bread!

Just thought I better update Miss Izz! She is quite the little Turkey lately! She loves to garggle, wave, clap and smack her lips together!!! She gets into everything and today spilled Carston's whole cup of soda all over my lap, while we were out to eat!!!! It's pretty funny that my husband left his cup sitting right within her little reach!!! Not to mention that the guy next to us just stared at us, like he had never seen a spilled drink before. "Don't cry over spilled soda!" Isabelle met our neighbors pet parot, Kah Kah, yesturday and she was talking and reaching for it, it was pretty cute!!!! She says a lot of d's, b'd and my favorite, mama's. Sometimes I swear she is really saying it to me. Or maybe it's the mind of a parent, thinking your child is brillant. And a LOT of screetching sounds too. Till next time...which will be after Isabelle goes to the Dr. next week!!! Good Job Lee, for running the Salt Lake Marathon!!!!

Happy Easter and 8 months old. Wow!!!!

2008-03-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

We had a fun Easter in the beautiful Cache Valley. My parents have put their house up for sale and are searching for a ranch to buy in Missouri. I have very mixed emotions. But I guess they can go set up shop before the rest of us get the memo! Izz had her first Easter Egg hunt and I'm trying to add the video, but it's proving to be harder then I thought. So keep checking and if your lucky you'll get to see it! She prefered the grass, leaves and bark to the eggs. I guess after the first egg it's like,"You've scene one egg you've scene them all!"

Anyhow Isabelle is doing so great, growing and changing by leaps and bounds. She wants to walk everywhere and pulls her self up and walks along the furniture. I love it, but at the same time I don't enjoy her falls. She does an army crawl, but is starting to stay on her knees just recently. The cutest thing, I'll never forget is when I put her in her crib and I walked back in and she was standing up with the biggest smile I have ever scene on her face. Now for every nap and bed time I have to lay her back down over and over again. All the time, trying to not laugh at how excited she is to see me until she realizes I'm only there to lay her down again! I went to check on her today and she was asleep sitting up with her head slumpped into the bumper pad for support. I can see how excited and proud of herself she is. She likes to wave and it is the cutest thing I have ever scene. It melts my heart and I could tell a million stories of her darliness from just today. Like spilling my giant glass of water all over her while at a restruant! Good times!
Other then our life centering around Isabelle, especailly mine, we are just excited for summer. I can't wait to plant flowers and a garden and just be outside.
I can't believe how blessed we are. I look at Isabelle and can't help but to wonder who this little one is. One thing is for sure she is our Angel. But I swear this blog is full of sap. What can I say, she has made me into a sap. Anyhow here is the update for now!
We are so excited to Steve, Harmony and Devyn in Hawaii!!!!! I need to start a countdown ring!!! Yea!!!!

Isabelle also loves my parent's piano, as you can see from the picture!!!!!

Isabelle is over the hump!..Past Six Months, Closer to 12!

2008-02-27T14:34:00.000-08:00

Ahhhhh the sweet sound of Silence! Isabelle is taking a nap and I find myself with some time to relax. If you call blogging relaxing. I could ramble on about Little Izz for a very long time. So I will try to keep this short. She just turned a whopping 7 months old yesturday. She had both bottom front teeth break through last week and when I look at her gums I'm thinking we may be getting more teeth very soon! She is not yet crawling, but she loves to walk around the house and even kick a toy around as she goes. She is still known for her stiff body when not wanting to sit down and her crunches when laying on her back on the floor. When she is laying at a 30 degree angle, for example on a pillow, if I hold her legs down she will do a sit up. Very cute and too bad I don't lay down and do it with her! But like I said she doesn't crawl yet but is very good at moving around the room sliding and rolling, it's pretty amazing really!.......Like I said I could go on and on, she is the best and I can't believe she is mine still!!!!!

Carston is still working well in his Sign Business. And is very excited to go back to Hawaii in May to see the possiblities of moving his business there! Dream Big, Right!
I went on a walk today with Melanie and it's crazy how good 52 degrees can feel. Spring Fever is starting to really kick in. I'll post some pictures! There might be one of Ben's Birthday, Ugle Sweater Party. Carston and I were the proud winners of the two ugliest sweaters, compliments of his mom!!!!! And I'll of course throw one in of Isabelle. Speaking of, I had a very suprizing feeling come over me last night. I have a friend that has recently become pregnant and I couldn't get over the feeling of it making me kind of wish I was pregnant too. Good thing it take two to make that happen. Carst wasn't feeling the same vib. Not yet anyway........

Hawaiian Slide Show

2008-02-12T19:40:00.000-08:00

We can't believe our Hawaiian vacation is already over!

2008-02-06T17:05:00.000-08:00

Oh how time flies! We had a great vacation with Carston's family to Hawaii (Maui). We stayed in a little beach house right on a beach in Kihei and it was fun to hear the waves crashung us to sleep each night!

We had some good beach time. We saw turtles snorkling which was the best, I just wanted to follow them around.

We took the famous Roud to Hana and had a great time, it was pooring down rain. Isabelle was asleep in the back and woke up a little sick becuase she ended up threwing up about half way. We put her in the front seat on my lap the rest of the way and as you can imagine she thought is was great. But unfortunitly after falling asleep in my arms on the way home she woke up and threw up again. So no more windy roads for us for awhile! Little cutie pie!

Mandy, Marion, Taggart and I enjoyed a fun Helicopter ride. We saw tons of water falls on the island of Moliki. And we saw a whale hitting her tail to the water over and over and over again. The pilot had us spirally downward, kind of like we were in a whirlpool. It was so exciting and a little too much for Marion. Poor thing had to actully use a little barf bag while Tag slept nuzzled into her side!!! Gootd times!

We took turn Sucba diving and saw some fun things. We saw two white tip Sharks, and a morey ill swimming, which was really cool. We saw a huge baracuda, lots of different fish. A really big puffer fish (too bad he didn't puff)! And I'm sure some more things I'm forgetting. The boys went night diving, got home at midnight and then left the house around six am to go fishing all day. But they didn't have much luck, Cam had a Mahi Mahi on for a few seconds and that was about as much excitement as they had.

We also went on a whale excursion and didn't see too much action. The one time the two whales came up pretty dang close to the boat to show us their backs, I was nursing Isabelle and saw pretty much the back sides of everyone jumping in front of me. But on our last day on the way back from Lahina we stopped by the shore line. Carston spotted a whale off the shore and I commented on how great it would be to see him breach that close. Two seconds later we were served three breaches right in a row and a fourth I think we couldn't see as he went around the corner. By far it was awesome to see the whales! We were told there is 7 to 10 thousand there at a time!!! Pretty amazing!

It was a great trip and Isabelle was a champ!

Since this is already a novel, till next time I'm signing out!

Our offical membership to BOA (Bloggers of America) has begun!

2008-02-06T17:01:00.000-08:00

Well I just want to take a moment to seriously pat myself on the back right now...Just ask Mandy McCullough and you will know that I have been meaning to do this for a long time now! And even still I have no idea what I am doing!

I am Katrina McCullough and Carston and I have now been married for 3.5 years. Our first and only daughter Isabelle was born on July 26th, 2007 and even still I look at her and can't believe she is mine. She has been an angel from the start. She is now six months old. I despite my obsessive worrying (which I think I'm getting better at...sometimes) I have really enjoyed each stage of Isabelle's life. I feel I'm getting more and more use to having her and her to having us!!!! She made her mommy proud and said "mom...mama!" the last night we were in Hawaii and has not stopped ever since. She is a good roller and can sit for a long period of time, but still has not mastered the art of balancing! I really could go on and on about her, but just know that from the day we saw her we can not believe the love we have for our little one! She has truly cemented our relationship even deeper!

Carston has his own sign business. American Electric Signs. He does a good job of it and for the most part enjoys it. I don't want to do details, but if you know Carst. He still enjoys all the same things. (Fishing, Dirt Biking...) I have discovered he is amazingly insightful and yes honey, you know how to make me laugh and smile! He also knows exactly what to say to me at the most critical of times to melt my heart! And for some reason he amazes me every time he does it, if that makes any sense.

As for me I still like doing all the same old things. Which includes just about everything. But even more recently I have realized I love my family and the people in my life. I am glad to be getting older and to look back on the people I have met and learned from. Cheezzy as it my sound I am truly blessed to be surrounded by people that truly enrich my life!!! I love my book club each month and can't beleive we have been doing it for two years now!!

Wuz UP! Apparently Us!

2007-10-05T06:54:00.000-07:00

Just in sitting down at the computer and thought I'd join the B.O.A. (Bloggers of America). I looks as if this blog spot can be a little more interactive. We'll just see!